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package com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.serialize;


import java.io.IOException;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.w3c.dom.DocumentFragment;


/**
 * Interface for a DOM serializer implementation.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:Scott_Boag/CAM/Lotus@lotus.com">Scott Boag</a>
 * @author <a href="mailto:arkin@intalio.com">Assaf Arkin</a>
 */
public interface DOMSerializer {


  /**
   * Serialized the DOM element. Throws an exception only if
   * an I/O exception occured while serializing.
   *
   * @param elem The element to serialize
   * @throws IOException An I/O exception occured while serializing
   */
  public void serialize(Element elem)
      throws IOException;


  /**
   * Serializes the DOM document. Throws an exception only if
   * an I/O exception occured while serializing.
   *
   * @param doc The document to serialize
   * @throws IOException An I/O exception occured while serializing
   */
  public void serialize(Document doc)
      throws IOException;


  /**
   * Serializes the DOM document fragment. Throws an exception
   * only if an I/O exception occured while serializing.
   *
   * @param frag The document fragment to serialize
   * @throws IOException An I/O exception occured while serializing
   */
  public void serialize(DocumentFragment frag)
      throws IOException;


}
